BEST FRIENDS
When I was younger, I used
to believe in the concept of one best friend.
Then I started to become a woman. And then I found out that if you allow
your heart to open up, God would show you the best in many friends.
One friend's best is needed when you're going through things with your
man.
Another friend's best is needed when you're going through things with
your Mom. Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just
be.
One friend will say let's pray together, another let's cry together,
another let's fight together, another let's walk away together.
One friend will meet your spiritual need, another your shoe fetish,
another your love for movies, another will be with you in your season of
confusion, another will be your clarifier, another the wind beneath your
wings.
But what ever their assignment in your life, on whatever the occasion,
on whatever the day, or where ever you need them to meet you with their gym
shoes on and hair pulled back or to hold you back from making a complete
fool of yourself... those are your best friends.
It may all be wrapped up in one woman, but for many it's wrapped up in
several... one from 7th grade, one from high school, several from the
college years, a couple from old jobs, several from church, on some days
your mother, on others your sisters, and on some days it's the one that
you needed just for that day or week that you needed someone with a fresh
perspective, or the one who didn't know all your baggage, or the one who
would just listen without judging... those are good girlfriends/best
friends.
Men are wonderful, husbands are excellent, boyfriends are awesome, male
friends are priceless... but if you've ever had a real good girlfriend,
then you know there's nothing like her!
I thank my girlfriends, those who honor intimacy, those who hold trust
and those who just got you back when you feel like life is just too heavy!
I thank you. The special bond we share, that's unique to us.
The words we've shared. The prayers we've sent up. The laughs, the
ears, the phone calls, the emails, the shopping, the movies the lunches,
the dinners, the late night talks, afternoon talks, the weekend talks, shop talk
all the talking, talking, talking and the listening, listening, listening....
So whether you've been there 20 minutes or 20 years, I love ya!
(Contributor... Marg Matroni)
MY
CUP HAS OVERFLOWED. . . .
I've never
made a fortune, and it's probably too late now.
But I don't worry about that much, I'm happy anyhow.
And as I go along life's way,
I'm reaping better than I sowed.
I'm drinking from my saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed.
Haven't got a lot of riches,
and sometimes the going's tough.
But I've got loving ones all around me,
and that makes me rich enough.
I thank God for his blessings,
and the mercies He's bestowed.
I'm drinking from my saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed.
I remember times when things went wrong,
My faith wore somewhat thin.
But all at once the dark clouds broke,
and the sun peeped through again.
So Lord, help me not to gripe,
about the tough rows I have hoed.
I'm drinking from my saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed.
If God gives me strength and courage,
When the way grows steep and rough.
I'll not ask for other blessings,
I'm already blessed enough.
And may I never be too busy,
to help others bear their loads.
Then I'll keep drinking from my saucer,
'Cause my cup has overflowed.
(Contributed by Sonia Vrooman)
Courage means
going through the risk, not eliminating it
There is no way to happiness--Happiness IS the way
When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change
Your friends are God's way of apologizing for your relatives
Sometimes if you don't rock the boat you end up swabbing the deck!
Opal (from All My Children)
Aptitude + Attitude = Altitude
I will not be afraid to enjoy what is beautiful, and to believe that as I give
to the world, so the world will give to me.
A man's reach should exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for?
Robert Browning
Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.
Chas. F. Kettering
The time of my life is NOW
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Pierre Cornielle
The only way to predict the future is to have the power to shape the future.
Eric Hoffer
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear- not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
Failure is impossible.
Susan B. Anthony
Those things are dearest to us that have cost us most.
Michel de Montaigne
Every man has a right to be valued by his best moment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
God's will for me is not to make the right choice, but to feel free to make
mistakes; to be sane.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tomorrow;s life is too late. Live today.
Martial
Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will
help create the fact.
Wm. James
Exuberance is beauty.
Wm. Blake
Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing perfectly. -Anonymous
Speak what we feel not what we ought to say. -Shakespeare
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. -Anonymous
Excellence is never an accident. -Anonymous
If there is no wind row. -Anonymous
The sky is not the limit nor are the stars. -Anonymous
No matter how tall the mountain it can not block out the sun - Anonymous
Freedom is the only thing you can t have unless you give it to others.
William Allen White
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Roosevelt
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
Helen Keller
The suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.
Oscar Wilde
We find in life exactly what we put in it.
Emerson
I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They've
experienced pain and bought jewelry. Rita Rudner
Never regret.
If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience. -Victoria Holt
We can't all be stars but we can all twinkle.
If it is to be it's up to me!
What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us is nothing compared to what lies
within us. Morrow
Don't Dream it be it.
Live your life as an Exclamation Not an Explanation!
Improvement begins with " I" !
Twenty years from now your will be more disappointed by the things you
didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away
from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails...Do it Now.
Why?...Well just because...Dream Explore Action Discover -Mark Twain
Dreams come a size too big so that we can grow into them.
Those who say it can not be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.
All serious daring starts from within.
The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it. - Peggy Fleming
Everything in life need not be perfect to be perfect.
Be Calm - Be Strong - Be Grateful
It is never too late to be what you might have been.
It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars. - Garrison Kellor
Age is something that doesn't matter unless you are a cheese. - Billie Burke
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. - Brigitte Bardot
Do one thing every day that makes you happy.
And the day came when the risk it took to remain tight inside the bud was
more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -Anais Nin
Success is dependent on effort. Sophocles
Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were
the big things. Robert Brault
Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway. - John Wayne
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. - Aesop
Know your limits - but never stop trying to exceed them
If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this
second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. - Thomas Watson, IBM founder
You have brains in your head, You have feet in your shoes, You can steer
yourself, Any direction you choose.
Dr. Seuss
"Do your damnedest, in an ostentatious manner, all the time."
Gen. George S. Patton
"Do or do not. There is no try."
Yoda, Jedi Master
Don't worry about failure. Worry about the chances you miss when you
don't even try.
Good barbershop is just like good coffee - Stimulating and impossible to sleep
after!
Tom Schleier
Bari - Greater Phoenix Chorus
"Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."
Sarah Bernhardt